spider
noun /ˈspaɪdə(r)/
/ˈspaɪdər/
- a small creature with eight thin legs. Many spiders spin webs to catch insects for food.
enlarge image- a poisonous spider
- She stared in horror at the hairy black spider.
- In the film, giant spiders attack a town in Arizona.
- I was bitten by a spider.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- make a web
- spin a web
- weave a web
- …
- silk
- web
- a spider’s web
Word Originlate Old English spīthra, from spinnan ‘draw out and twist (fibre)’; related to German spinnen.
